The Fenn Street Gang

The Fenn Street Gang is a British television sitcom which ran for three seasons between 1971 and 1973. The series was created by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, it was spun off from their Please Sir! series.

Synopsis

The series follows the lives of many of the pupils from Fenn Street School as they entered the world of work. Some episodes were written by Geoff Rowley and Andy Baker or David Barry and Tony Bilbow. Stars were Peter Cleall, Carol Hawkins (who also replaced Penny Spencer as Sharon in the 1971 Please Sir! film), David Barry, Peter Denyer and Liz Gebhardt. Leon Vitali replaced Malcolm McFee as Peter Craven during the first series, although Malcolm took this role back for the second and third series. Peter Denyer (Dennis Dunstable) and Liz Gebhardt (Maureen Bullock) were absent from the third and final series. John Alderton (Mr Hedges, their form-master when they starred in Please Sir!) appeared in 3 episodes of the first series of The Fenn Street Gang and in a pair of episodes from the final series of Please Sir!, which ran alongside The Fenn Street Gang in transmission dates.

Although the series ran for two years and 47 episodes, it was not as popular as its progenitor^[1] and the series was later axed.

Production

The first series, consisting of twenty-one episodes, was produced by London Weekend Television at Wembley Studios in North-West London. Series Two and Three, consisting of eighteen and eight episodes respectively, were recorded at LWT's newly constructed London Studios (aka Kent House).

Episodes

Sequel

Bowler (1973) was a 13 episode spin-off series following The Fenn Street Gang crime boss Stanley Bowler played by George Baker.^[2]

DVD releases

All three series of The Fenn Street Gang have been released on DVD.

References

External links

• The Fenn Street Gang at the Internet Movie Database
• The Fenn Street Gang at the British Comedy Guide